Jane Goude (November 4, 1891 — August 7, 1966), born Genevieve Hazel Goude, was an American actress, Chautauqua performer, and clubwoman, billed as "The Girl from the Golden West".
Early life Genevieve Hazel Goude was born in Potlatch, Idaho, the daughter of Frank Elliott Goude and Carrie Jenkins Goude."Harry T. Goude Dies in Spokane, Wash." Eugene Guard (March 3, 1942): 8. via Newspapers.com She was raised by her Jenkins grandparents near Spokane, Washington after her mother died in 1892. By the time she was 17 years old, both her grandparents had also died, and she sewed to support herself, while studying at the Walton College of Expression in Spokane."The Girl with No Chance" The Lyceum Magazine (September 1922): 46."Jane Goude Apostle of Sunshine" Liberal News (August 10, 1922): 15. via Newspapers.com"Character Sketches to be Presented at Women's Club Fete" Wilmington Daily Press Journal (February 21, 1939): 3. via Newspapers.com
Career In the 1920s Goude toured nationally"Jane Goude's Journeys" The Lyceum Magazine (March 1923): 32. as "The Girl from the Golden West","Miss Goude Here" Galena Evening Times (July 19, 1921): 1. via Newspapers.com giving dramatic readings and impersonations"Lyceum Artist Noted Impersonator, Reader" News-Record (January 18, 1926): 2. via Newspapers.com on the Chautauqua and lyceum circuits.A Jane Goude program from her Chautauqua appearances, from the Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century, Redpath Chautauqua Collection, University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department."Some Clever Entertainers" The Lyceum Magazine (August 1922): 33. In the 1930s she was based in Chicago,"Chicagoan to Assist in Civic Music Drive" Argus Leader (April 13, 1931): 8. via Newspapers.com and traveled for the Redpath Lyceum Bureau as "special campaign director", working with local Chautauqua committees to book speakers and performers."Redpath Sends Director Here" Pensacola News Journal (April 1, 1929): 2. via Newspapers.com She was director of the Cooperative Concert Association's national membership campaign,"C. C. A. Plans Outlined in Dinner Meet" Enterprise-Journal (March 31, 1936): 1. via Newspapers.com represented the Columbia Concerts Corporation, and spoke to civic groups around the United States."Concert Groups to Report Today" The Owensboro Messenger (March 11, 1936): 10. via Newspapers.com"Tricks and Magic Entertain Lions" News-Messenger (May 26, 1936): 2. via Newspapers.com
By 1939 she was based in Los Angeles,"Jane Goude Delights Woman's Club Audience With Clever Impersonations" Wilmington Daily Press Journal (February 23, 1939): 8. via Newspapers.com and active in women's clubs there."Gilmore Salon Guests Await Varied Program" Los Angeles Times (February 23, 1941): 57. via Newspapers.com"Golden West Group to Meet" Los Angeles Times (March 17, 1948): 26. via Newspapers.com Goudie had small roles in the films East Side of Heaven (1939) with Bing Crosby, That's Right—You're Wrong (1939) with Kay Kyser,John L. Scott, "Film Yields High Spots of Comedy" Los Angeles Times (December 6, 1939): 14. via Newspapers.com The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) with Loretta Young,"Drama Program Entertainment Woman's Club" San Bernardino County Sun (February 8, 1940): 10. via Newspapers.com Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) with Myrna Loy, Jackass Mail (1942) with Wallace Beery, and Orchestra Wives (1942) with Glenn Miller.
Personal life Goude died in Los Angeles, California in 1966, aged 74 years.
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